An ad for Honda that poked fun at the super-secret stealth bomber flew off Thursday night with the West Coast's most prestigious advertising award. American Honda Motor Co.'s print ad, which compared the design of a Honda subcompact to that of the highly sophisticated stealth bomber, won the top prize at the 23rd annual Belding Awards at the Century Plaza Hotel. The competition--which received 1,750 entries--is regarded as the West Coast equivalent of New York's top ad awards, the Clios.

An ad for Honda that poked fun at the super-secret stealth bomber flew off Thursday night with the West Coast's most prestigious advertising award. American Honda Motor Co.'s print ad, which compared the design of a Honda subcompact to that of the highly sophisticated stealth bomber, won the top prize at the 23rd annual Belding Awards at the Century Plaza Hotel. The competition--which received 1,750 entries--is regarded as the West Coast equivalent of New York's top ad awards, the Clios.